File Photo Somali Times/Somalia’s corrupt president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud By Daily Nation African countries are turning to new-generation banknotes to help curb corruption, runaway inflation and money laundering. From simple alterations like changing colour schemes to complex modifications incorporating embedded security features, central banks in Nigeria, Somalia, and Central African States have demonetised older series

Teodoro (aka Teodorin) Nguema Obiang Mongue, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president and the country’s Vice President By AFP Two homes and a superyacht belonging to Equatorial Guinea’s vice president have been seized in South Africa after a local businessman sued for unlawful arrest and torture, a lawyer said Monday. A high court ordered the

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin speaks during a news conference in Beijing, China March 3, 2022. Phtographer Carlos Garcia Rawlins By Reuters China said on Monday that U.S. high altitude balloons had flown over its airspace without permission more than 10 times since the beginning of 2022, drawing a swift denial from Washington. China’s

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace speaks during a joint news conference with British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto in Rome, Italy February 9, 2023. Photographer Remo Casilli By Reuters Britain will review its security following the incursion of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon into U.S.

By Anadolu Agency At least 29,605 people were killed by two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Turkey earlier this week, the country’s disaster agency said on Sunday. Last Monday’s magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes, centered in the Kahramanmaras province, affected more than 13 million people across 10 provinces, also including Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay,

File Photo/Somali Times Why is the international community and Somali government lead by Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and Hamza Abdi Barre silent on the bombing of Las Anod? The atrocities of Las Anod committed by warlords Muse Bihi and Mohamed Kahin must be held accountable. It is time to save women and children and people’s properties.

Idris Elba at Akwasidae. Image via YouTube/Smart Ghana By Face2Face Africa British actor Idris Elba was in Ghana recently, calling on the country’s president Nana Akufo-Addo and highlighting the need for the construction of a film studio in Ghana and across West Africa. What, however, caught everyone’s attention was his visit to the Manhyia Palace

By Anadolu Agency Italian member of European Parliament (MEP) Andrea Cozzolino detained on Friday night as part of the ongoing EP corruption investigation, Italian news agency ANSA reported on Saturday. The detention took place in Naples at the request of the Belgian authorities after the Italian police could not locate Cozzolino in his residence, the

Volodymyr Zelensky and Rishi Sunak inspecting tank crews from Ukraine’s armed forces being trained in the UK to use a Challenger 2 tanks Credit: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg The Telegraph By Elbridge Colby The British military is in trouble. Running low on ammunition and no longer, according to an unnamed U.S. general officer, a “tier one force”,

Police in riot gear gather, after a demonstration outside the Suites Hotel in Knowsley, Merseyside. (Peter Powell/PA via AP) By The Associated Press An anti-migration protest outside a hotel housing asylum-seekers in northwest England turned violent and resulted in the arrests of 15 people, local police said Saturday. The Merseyside Police department said a police